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huy hoắc

Pronunciation Northern /hwi˧˧ hwak˧˥/ Central /hwi˧˥ hwak˩˧/ Southern /hwi˧˧ hwak˧˥/
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squander; waste
Verb
squander; waste

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1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
squander; waste

To huy hoắc means to squander or spend money, resources, or time in a very wasteful and careless manner.

vi Anh ta đã huy hoắc hết số tiền tiết kiệm của mình vào những việc vô ích.

en He has squandered all of his savings on useless things.

Parts
huy / hoắc / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 揮霍 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 揮霍

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
揮霍
Candidates by syllable
huy 揮(輝 / 眭) hoắc 霍
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
huy chương / huy hoàng / huy hiệu / huy động …
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Use
an huy / phát huy / chỉ huy / gia huy …
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